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Biting stonecrop (sedum acre) grows in the most unlikely of places - you can find it in sand dunes, wedged between rocks, on concrete walls, and in the tiny wedge of roadside sand between the ashphalt and the curb. It has beautiful yellow flowers, and every time I see it I am reminded of the beautiful improbability of life. https://www.instagram.com/p/BhiILWuHt0s/?igshid=cv4jfs84yzjk

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Hodgkin's Lymphoma - traditional radiation fields. This is an old technique, no longer in use, but I think it visually highlights the disease well. In so many ways the treatment we give is dehumanizing - a prescription of a shape over a nameless body, every patient stamped with the same uniform. The treated areas are shielded from risk of disease recurrence, and yet simultaneously exposed to risk of secondary malignancy.

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I've recently started treating breast cancer again, and saw an unfortunate lady with large palpable nodes. This was one of my first doodles from PGY2, but the sentiment hasn't changed. https://www.instagram.com/p/BWh8P5bjz18/?igshid=1bxcc84dn5psj

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Breast tangent radiation field, with microscopic disease within the seroma and collimator leafs shielding the lung. When I first started as a resident we went to see a play about Vera Peters, who pioneered the use of a lumpectomy and adjuvant radiation as an alternative to mastectomy. This remains one of my favourite inspirational stories. It embodies the story of women in medicine, demonstrates the importance of rigorous science, and reminds us to be creative and brave in the questions we ask. She was also Canadian, so I thought this would be a fitting post for the Canada Day weekend 🇨🇦 . . .#radonc #radiationoncology #medicine #womeninmedicine #medicine #residency #radiationtherapy #radiation #breastcancer #breastcancerart #oncology #medicineart #oncologyart #biologyart #science #sciencedoodles #artsinhealth #oncologydoodles #cancerart #breastradiation #pgy4 #happycanadaday #canadiangirl #canadian https://www.instagram.com/p/BkqpKptngCg/?igshid=lly9txn0y4p1